you want to do what?.....when?.....
The biggest project I worked on was the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Show which was held in December 1996 on the musical fountain at Sentosa.
It was an ambitious production. The plan was to gather an international line-up of performers within five months, put up a stage over the musical fountain and have a live broadcast in the open-air in the middle of the wettest season of the year. I remember thinking that we had lost our minds. :] However in this business, the bigger the show, the better.
The funny thing was that I wanted to be a part of this show. I was assigned to do a drama serial when planning for the WTO show started. I wistfully thought how exciting and crazy it would be to work on this show....I did not share this with anyone. God read my thoughts and gave me the desire of my heart. I had not even prayed about it. I was re-assigned to the WTO show.
The following days, weeks and months were a whirl-wind of activity - planning meetings, recces, long-distance calls across the world and several time-zones, late nights, faxes and more faxes, confirmations and cancellations.
When the dust finally settled, performers from the UK, India, Malaysia, Japan, South Africa, the Philippines and Singapore descended on the tiny island of Sentosa for the week leading up to the show. Equipment included a sponsored grand piano, a one-tonne taiko drum from Japan, steel drums from South Africa and an entire orchestra's intruments.
On the night of the full-dress rehearsal, it poured cats and dogs. The non-toxic paint used to paint the stage got washed into the musical fountain's koi pond. It was quite a sight to see orange koi swimming in a pond of milky white water. The play-back tape got chewed up by the play-back machine. And all the orchestra scores got wet!!! They had to be hand-copied in time for the final performance. Production work is NOT for people with weak hearts but people with great faith. :] It's wonderful to know that God's people are found in all organisations including the Singapore Tourist Board and Sentosa Development Corporation. We all played our part by petitioning God for good weather and smooth running of the show.
On the afternoon of the final performance, big black clouds hung in a distance from the island. I prayed that God would send a strong wind to blow them away from us. God gave us perfect weather that night. God is Jehovah-Shammah - the Lord Who is there. He enabled everything to run smoothly. A "live-to-air" show with an international cast of performers, on the musical fountain in the open-air in the middle of the monsoon season - only El-Shaddai, God Almighty could have pulled that off. All glory to God!
It was an ambitious production. The plan was to gather an international line-up of performers within five months, put up a stage over the musical fountain and have a live broadcast in the open-air in the middle of the wettest season of the year. I remember thinking that we had lost our minds. :] However in this business, the bigger the show, the better.
The funny thing was that I wanted to be a part of this show. I was assigned to do a drama serial when planning for the WTO show started. I wistfully thought how exciting and crazy it would be to work on this show....I did not share this with anyone. God read my thoughts and gave me the desire of my heart. I had not even prayed about it. I was re-assigned to the WTO show.
The following days, weeks and months were a whirl-wind of activity - planning meetings, recces, long-distance calls across the world and several time-zones, late nights, faxes and more faxes, confirmations and cancellations.
When the dust finally settled, performers from the UK, India, Malaysia, Japan, South Africa, the Philippines and Singapore descended on the tiny island of Sentosa for the week leading up to the show. Equipment included a sponsored grand piano, a one-tonne taiko drum from Japan, steel drums from South Africa and an entire orchestra's intruments.
On the night of the full-dress rehearsal, it poured cats and dogs. The non-toxic paint used to paint the stage got washed into the musical fountain's koi pond. It was quite a sight to see orange koi swimming in a pond of milky white water. The play-back tape got chewed up by the play-back machine. And all the orchestra scores got wet!!! They had to be hand-copied in time for the final performance. Production work is NOT for people with weak hearts but people with great faith. :] It's wonderful to know that God's people are found in all organisations including the Singapore Tourist Board and Sentosa Development Corporation. We all played our part by petitioning God for good weather and smooth running of the show.
On the afternoon of the final performance, big black clouds hung in a distance from the island. I prayed that God would send a strong wind to blow them away from us. God gave us perfect weather that night. God is Jehovah-Shammah - the Lord Who is there. He enabled everything to run smoothly. A "live-to-air" show with an international cast of performers, on the musical fountain in the open-air in the middle of the monsoon season - only El-Shaddai, God Almighty could have pulled that off. All glory to God!
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